You pay good money for your DVDs, but they're hardly the only format you need these days. These five ripping tools ensure you can back them up, keep them on your media server, and load them on your ...

If you look around, there are literally dozens of DVD copyprograms or rippers advertised. Most won’t back up copy protectedDVDs–Pavtube DVD Ripper does. Before I go any further, let me saythat while ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Commercial DVD titles are often encrypted, which prevents you from either copying them to your hard drive, or ...

Back up your DVDs (including commercial movies) and convert them to various mobile formats with this utility. Whether it’s worth the extra cost to have both functions in one easy-to-use program is up ...

[Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD, you should be able to ...

DVDs, no matter how carefully they’re stored, are deteriorating. Very quickly. Even the optical drive needed to watch DVDs is now obsolete on Macs. But once the DVDs are converted into digital files ...

Who is still buying DVDs? Surely collectors are. A hard copy is always tempting for collectors. Also, old-fashioned DVD serves you well when movies are hard to find or even not available online on ...

A US company selling software called DVD X Copy which bypasses copyright protection mechanisms on DVDs has complied with a Californian court order to rid the software of its “ripper”. Since the court ...

Editor's Note: Product not yet tested. The following information is from the manufacturer. Digiarty Software claims that this free version of its WinX DVD Ripper is the best and fastest free DVD ...

If you want to take your movies with you on the road, or just want to clean up those physical discs but keep your films and TV shows on your HTPC, you’ll need to rip them first. Thankfully, there are ...

You have a collection of DVDs with video that you want to store on your computer or mobile device. They may be movies or TV shows you've purchased, or DVDs with personal videos or slideshows. The goal ...